The 2022 End of Year music lists thread

A new year's present: At long last, the Album of the Year List spreadsheet! https://t.co/d4vkqKrtJV

— Rob Mitchum (@robmitchum) December 31, 2022

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m5v1y2Bj88JTmSZGAoGFTuCQPPWQDwxkIfT8QhTh478/edit#gid=1927558368

Voting is open for the ILM EOY Poll: ILM's 2022 End of Year Tracks & Albums Poll / VOTING THREAD

I don’t think Phonica’s lists have been posted but there’s good stuff there

https://www.phonicarecords.com/best-of-2022

Albums of the year of 5:4 (aka 5against4.com):

Part 1 (#30-#16)
Part 2 (#15-#1)

I missed the nominations, some major ones I don't see on the albums list - Large Plants on ghost box, Muramuke (herbert & barbara panther) on accidental, Lalalar on Bongo Joe, Ezra Collective, Tim Bernardes on Psychic Hotline, Noori & His Dorpa Band on Ostinato, Tumi Mogorosi on New Soil, Al-Qasar on Glitterbeat, Meridian Brothers, Kibrom Birhane, Branko Mataja comp/reissue on Numero Group just to name a few! Hope you check some out

woops wrong thread :(

https://www.theafricareport.com/262966/music-our-top-25-african-hits-of-2022-rule-the-dancefloor/

Africa Report also has a separate amapiano only list too I think

https://hullworks.net/jazzpoll/22/

The Jazz critics poll originally started by writer Francis Davis and now handled by Tom Hull. Best albums, plus also separate polls for jazz singers , debut albums, and Latin jazz

The top albums from above jazz critics poll ( points and number of votes)

2022 Totals: New Albums

Mary Halvorson, Amaryllis (Nonesuch) 349.5 (48)
Immanuel Wilkins, The 7th Hand (Blue Note) 220 (29)
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ghost Song (Nonesuch) 218.5 (30)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio, Mesmerism (Yeros7 Music) 209 (34)
Tyshawn Sorey Trio + 1 With Greg Osby, The Off-Off Broadway Guide to Synergism (Pi) 180 (27)
JD Allen, Americana Vol. 2 (Savant) 159 (22)
Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet, For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt) 154 (24)
Terri Lyne Carrington, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid) 127 (22)
Ches Smith, Interpret It Well (Pyroclastic) 126 (21)
Wadada Leo Smith, The Emerald Duets (TUM) 122 (19)

It's a good year!

Brainwashed readers poll

Nice.

if you like those mostly artsy and art rocky types (some of which I do) . Interesting how Horace Andy, thanks to new records, is top reggae act in that Brainwashed poll

really like that list from the stuff I've enjoyed
Will deffo deep dive

Yeah likewise. The Brainwashed list has a lot of overlap with my own faves, with several previously unheard RIYL titles. This Ak'Chamel album, for instance, is a treat.